The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Research and Development (R&D) Coordination Component hosted the fifth session of the virtual GFOI R&D Exchange series, “Country-identified R&...

At the request of the Government of Kenya, the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Country-Led Planning (CLP) team conducted a weeklong mission of bilateral meetings and one-day workshop with support from the country office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation...

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The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) is pleased to welcome Belize as the newest country to formally start a Country-Led Planning (CLP) process to strengthen the institutionalization and long-term sustainability of its National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS). Belize submitted a for...

Guatemala avanza de manera sostenida en la implementación de su Hoja de Ruta del Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo Forestal (SNMF), mediante un proceso estructurado, de liderazgo nacional e  interinstitucional, sustentado tanto en la coordinación técnica como en el compromiso político.

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Hanoi, 4-7 May 2026, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) worked closely with the Viet Nam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) to discuss a series of potential activities supporting Viet Nam in strengthening its National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) through a ...

The following hands-on session addressed challenges and opportunities for integrating forest biomass information from forest inventories, national statistics and Earth Observation to strengthen the monitoring and reporting of forest biomass for environmental assessments and climate action. It ...

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), in partnership with the Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) programme, is pleased to announce that the GFOI Country forum: A south-south knowledge exchange (GFOI SSX) will retu...

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) is a partnership to assist tropical countries with monitoring their forest and carbon resources. Through collaborative action, GFOI partners come together to share their expertise and resources to support tropical countries with creating forest ...

From 4 to 5 March 2026, stakeholders across Zambia met in Lusaka for a national dialogue on institutionalizing the national forest monitoring system (NFMS). Led by the Government of Zambia as part of their

Governance is becoming a central theme in efforts to strengthen national forest monitoring systems under the Country-Led Planning (CLP) programme of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), a partnership for assisting tropical countries to monitor their forest and carbon resources.

El Gobierno de Guatemala ha recibido su primer pago de USD 24,21 millones en el marco del Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) del Banco Mundial, correspondiente a reducciones verificadas de 4,84 millones de toneladas de dióxido de carbono equivalente (tC...

El Perú es país socio de la Iniciativa Mundial de Observación de los Bosques (GFOI) desde 2014 y fue nominado para participar en el proceso de la Planificación liderada por los países (CLP) en 2024, con el fin de apoyar la institucion...

At the request of the Government of Nigeria, twenty-nine technical experts and government officials gathered in Abuja, Nigeria, for a workshop led by the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) to connect and collaborate in the context of its

Ciudad de Guatemala – Guatemala continúa avanzando en la institucionalización de su Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo Forestal (SNMF) a través del proceso de Planificación Liderada por los Países

With the theme “Forests and the marvel of monitoring”, the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry were pleased to host the GFOI Plenary 2025 from 21 to 23 October in Bali, Indonesia. Broader discussions focused on how countries can be b...

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Research and Development (R&D) Coordination Component hosted the fourth session of the virtual GFOI R&D Exchange series, “Uncertainty quantification and reporting,” on 18 November 2025 from 16.00 to 18.00 CET...

En la Plenaria 2025 de la Iniciativa Mundial de Observación de los Bosques (GFOI), celebrada en Bali, Indonesia, el Programa de Apoyo a la Planificación liderada por los países (CLP) tuvo una presencia destacada. Esto incluyó dos mome...

Rome/Bali – Deforestation has slowed in all of the world’s regions in the last decade, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 (FRA 2025) of the F...

El 18 de septiembre de 2025, más de 50 funcionarios gubernamentales, especialistas técnicos y socios para el desarrollo de todo el mundo se reunieron para explorar una pregunta vital, aunque a menudo pasada por alto: ¿cómo pueden los sistemas nacionales de monitoreo forestal convertirse en...